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The Lord’s Prayer and the Apocalypse

Kees Zoeteman At first glance, there seems little reason to connect the Christian Lord’s Prayer with the Apocalypse. But there is more kinship than meets the eye. Both the prayer and the book are travel companions for humanity on its way to its future destination....

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Wolfgang Peter’s weekly lectures on the Apocalypse

Austrian Wolfgang Peter (born 13 November 1957) started spring 2020 with weekly lectures (in German) on the Apocalypse which are recorded. These lectures are given at Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien, Austria, and are documented by Francois Hagdorn on Youtube. Wolfgang Peter...

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Do we have a self?

Kees Zoeteman The science section in the Dutch newspaper NRC of 31 October & 1 November 2020 contained a provocative article about man's self with the title 'We have no self'. Because the Apocalypse is actually one big poem about the essential importance of the...

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Does life make sense?

Kees Zoeteman The Apocalypse calls upon every human being to turn around and find again the connection with the spiritual world. That is where the future perspective of man and Earth lies. However, for our consciousness the world of the spirit has disappeared further...

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A post-apocalyptic world

Kees Zoeteman It is striking how often the Apocalypse still appears in our speech. But not as a hopeful perspective. An example: ‘Whether China will have supplanted the USA as the most powerful country by 2050? She has no idea. "Who knows, there may already have been...

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God beyond point zero

Kees Zoeteman I used to talk with my grandson, who is now eighteen, about the question of whether God exists. He didn't think so. Since this is one of those issues you can difficult convince another, I asked him the follow-up question: Are you sure? He had no good...

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Contemplations on death as a gift

Kees Zoeteman Postponing death as long as possible, is our motto, even if it sometimes takes a lot of effort. After all, death is the end of our existence. Or at least we're not sure if there's anything left after death. No matter how you look at death, at least you...

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The role of money

Kees Zoeteman There are also places in the Apocalypse referring to the role of money as an expression of our interest in the materialistic aspects of existence. First of all, we can find them in the letters to the seven communities. But the consequences of the money...

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Book review Apokalypse im Ich (2019)

Kees Zoeteman In the summer of 2019 the book Apocalypse im Ich (Apocalypse in the Self) (ISBN 978-3-7235-1612-6, Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland) was published. It contains eight contributions, consisting of revised lectures on the Apocalypse at a meeting...

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